(Phys.org) —A trio of Iowa State University researchers has predicted, in a paper published in The American Naturalist, that the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) faces extinction over the next century ...

Biology - Ecology

May 06, 2013 1.9 / 5 (12) 6 |

Globalisation, with its ever increasing demand for cargo transport, has inadvertently opened the flood gates for a new, silent invasion. New research has mapped the most detailed forecast to date for importing potentially ...

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May 05, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

A new U.S. report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of honeybees across the country since 2006.

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May 02, 2013 3 / 5 (3) 1

Figs and fig trees are familiar to a wide cross-section of human society, both as a common food and for their spiritual importance. What is less well understood is the global nature of this association between figs and humans, ...

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May 02, 2013 3.2 / 5 (6) 0 |

(Phys.org) —A team of entomologists from the University of Illinois has found a possible link between the practice of feeding commercial honeybees high-fructose corn syrup and the collapse of honeybee colonies ...

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Apr 30, 2013 4.6 / 5 (136) 21 |

Songbird populations can handle far more disrupting climate change than expected. Density-dependent processes are buying them time for their battle. But without (slow) evolutionary rescue it will not save ...

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Apr 25, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 1 |

(Phys.org) —Most emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) that affect humans originated in animals. However, epidemiologists have been unable to identify the sources of zoonotic diseases until after they have ...

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Apr 23, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org) —North Carolina State University researchers studying aquatic organisms called Daphnia have found that exposure to a chemical pesticide has impacts that span multiple generations – causing the so ...

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Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Nature is a lot more resilient than we sometimes think. A study by Rutgers marine scientists published recently in Science shows that species of fish that have been overfished for decades can of ...

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Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 1 |

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers in the United States has found evidence to suggest that global warming may be making snowshoe hare's more vulnerable to prey as the cycle of snow cover change in their ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 16, 2013 3.3 / 5 (3) 1 |

Many factors—including climate change, overfishing or loss of food supply—can push a wild animal population to the brink of collapse. Ecologists have long sought ways to measure the risk of such a collapse, ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 10, 2013 3.8 / 5 (6) 0 |

A University of Leeds-led study, published in the journal Ecology Letters, overturns the common assumption that evolution only occurs gradually over hundreds or thousands of years.

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Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Carnegie scientists have found that the plant species making up an ecosystem are better predictors of ecosystem chemistry than environmental conditions such as terrain, geology, or altitude. This is the first ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 08, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

Canada has eradicated the destructive Asian Long-Horned Beetle first detected in the Toronto area a decade ago after hitching a ride across the Pacific in wood packaging materials.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 05, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 3

(Phys.org) —A dramatic change in the fluctuations of vole numbers is being seen across Europe, according to a major international study.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |